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ADLP 8100

Power, Influence, and Persuasion · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

51stMore challenging than 51% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

70BC — “Workload”3 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

In an increasingly complex environment and ever-flattening organizational structures, the skills of "informal leadership" are essential for effectiveness and success. Informal leadership is the ability to influence the behavior of others by means other than formal authority. It requires empathy, engagement, and energy.Students will be grounded in the theory of influence and provided a wide range of tools and techniques to accomplish personal and professional goals. The course will instruct students how to build and maintain high-quality relationships to create a network for influence and informal power. They will uncover the secrets of leading without power to successfully manage up and across the organization.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Lauren BentAdvancing Studies	973 records	85th	51st

There is no ranking to read here: Lauren Bent is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADLP 8100, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Lauren Bent

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADLP 7004Problem Solving Through Critical Thinking	17 records	94
ADGR 8046Organization Theory and Design	15 records	93
ADGR 8140Problem Solving Through Systematic Thinking	11 record	86
ADLP 7504Innovation through Problem-Solving	11 record	96

Other ADLP classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADLP 7000Daring to Lead	19 records	92
ADLP 7001Leading Through Words: Crafting Impactful Messages	29 records	68
ADLP 7004Problem Solving Through Critical Thinking	17 records	94
ADLP 7003Leading Change from the Middle	36 records	82
ADLP 8102Leading High Performing Teams	26 records	84
ADLP 8600Project Management Fundamentals	26 records	85

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9672nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9881st pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9672nd pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9771st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9359th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9680th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9675th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9470th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9464th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9679th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

7085th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9151st pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8521st pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Lauren Bent	Fall 2025	01	99	93	—
Lauren Bent	Spring 2025	01	100	97	60
Lauren Bent	Fall 2024	01	92	90	80

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.